Ibiza (Day Two)

After a complimentary breakfast on Day Two people kept asking me if was going to do "cat cat". Had no idea what they were talking about until I remembered that I had signed up for a 4x4 tour of the island. (The number "four" in French sounds a bit like the word "cat". Hence "cat cat".)

I climbed into the back seat of the rickety jeep and our driver (one of Pretty Simple's investors, who joined us on the trip) fell in line behind our Spanish guide in the jeep ahead. There were probably six or seven 4x4's in total. Sort of a game company convoy.

After about a 40 minute drive across the island we stopped by the side of the road to take a break. Our guide talked about the island for a few minutes (the population is 150,000 -- except during peak season when it balloons to well over a million), then he told us a story about his mother. He said she's not very smart so he wanted to send her a video of everyone doing a silly dance. Apparently, he thought that seeing a bunch of diverse multicultural goofballs strutting around like chickens and singing a wacky song would make her giggle.

Okay, that was pretty funny...  Apparently, I'm not very smart either.

After we got back on the trail we were having a great conversation with the investor about game stuff when we suddenly realized that the Spanish dude's jeep was nowhere to be seen. We were at a fork in the road and let's just say that we took the road less traveled... by our guide.

Yep, he went left and we continued on straight ahead. Took us about ten minutes to realize that we were no longer following him, then we spent another ten minutes getting turned around. (I've seen locomotives with a tighter turning radius than that damn jeep.)

We eventually caught up with our leader and he lead us to a beach, where we met up with the rest of the company.

The beach was nice -- I forgot that it's okay for women to go topless here so that was sort of a... surprise...

Pretty Simple had arranged a lunch for the whole company. The food was good but I was sort of disappointed by the Paella. I think the one I made at home earlier this year was better. That said, some of the appetizers were good, as was the berry cheesecake.

I don't think I've ever eaten at a table that was right on the sand

The calamari and other appetizers were very good... as was the beer!

After lunch those of us who signed up for the afternoon Jet Ski adventure walked over to the rental stand and put on life vests. A lot of my fellow employees put on wet suits, too, but I was pretty warm already so I just kept my clothes on. The seas were pretty calm and I didn't get that wet. Turned out to be a good choice as I was quite comfortable.

Holy crap, the Jet Skis were a blast! Definitely going to do that again when I get the chance!

We headed back to the hotel and had another scrumptious dinner. Wish I had some pics but my battery was dead. Now I can start working on DAY THREE in Ibiza.